contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoA cool guide to Longest Running Cartoon Set In Each Statei.redd.itimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down132file-text
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minus-squarerobocall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up134·1 month agoI thought the Simpsons were vague about Springfields location as it was supposed to be anywhere, USA. I wouldn’t have guessed Oregon.
minus-squarewetsoggybread@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up97·1 month ago“From up here you can see the four states that boarder Springfield. Ohio, Nevada, Maine and Kentucky”
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·1 month agoCanonically Simpsons isn’t set anywhere real. In reality Groening is from OR and a lot of the names in the show are from places from where he grew up.
minus-squareCrackhappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 month agoYep. I literally lived in the shadow of Skinner Butte in Eugene (Shelbyville)
minus-squarejohannesvanderwhales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoYes, Oregon is Matt Groening’s home state so there’s some similarities, but it’s pretty explicitly not set in any real state.
minus-squareLime66@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoMatt part did an explanation of it that ruled it down to Oregon I think
I thought the Simpsons were vague about Springfields location as it was supposed to be anywhere, USA. I wouldn’t have guessed Oregon.
“From up here you can see the four states that boarder Springfield. Ohio, Nevada, Maine and Kentucky”
Canonically Simpsons isn’t set anywhere real. In reality Groening is from OR and a lot of the names in the show are from places from where he grew up.
Yep. I literally lived in the shadow of Skinner Butte in Eugene (Shelbyville)
Yes, Oregon is Matt Groening’s home state so there’s some similarities, but it’s pretty explicitly not set in any real state.
Matt part did an explanation of it that ruled it down to Oregon I think